Preview Of Summer Movie Events In Hartford Area

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April 26, 2013

Along with all the mainstream tentpole movies, the Hartford area this summer will see a wide variety of special film events of independent, foreign and classic movies. Here's a rundown of what you can expect in May, June, July and August:

Cinestudio, 300 Summit St., at Trinity College in Hartford, has some varied offerings coming up, including the Reel Youth Hartford Film Festival on Wednesday, May 1; the Trinity Film Festival on Saturday, May 4; a one-day-only screening of the London gangland drama “My Brother, the Devil” on Thursday, May 2, and a five-day run of the Harold Lloyd silent classic “Safety Last,” with a musical score written and conducted by Carl Davis, from May 26 to 30. Also, the theater will have some seven-day runs of foreign films starting on Wednesdays, including “Blancanieves,” a Spanish-language “Snow White” adaptation set in 1920s Seville, beginning on May 8; the Italian comedy “Reality” starting on June 12; “Renoir,” a French-language biopic of the film director Jean Renoir, beginning on July 3; and the Danish maritime thriller “A Hijacking,” starting on July 10. Details: www.cinestudio.org.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford, will present the Israeli film “Fill the Void” on May 23, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” on June 5, and, on June 21, “Cape Fear,” with star Polly Bergen in attendance with her friend, veteran director Tony Bill. Later in the summer, dates are not yet determined, but titles to be expected include “Renoir,” the Congolese drama “War Witch,” the Paraguayan thriller “7 Boxes,” the German drama “Barbara,” the LGBT epic “Laurence Anyways,” the documentary “Koch,” with director Neil Barsky in attendance, and a Japanese comedy “Key of Life.” On select Friday nights in July and August, the museum will screen classic films, including Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals and a few movies from “The Thin Man” series. Details: www.wadsworthatheneum.org.

The 26th annual Connecticut Gay & Lesbian Film Festival will be at Cinestudio, 300 Summit St., at Trinity College in Hartford, from Friday, May 31, to Saturday, June 8. Titles include comedies “G.B.F.” and “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?”; dramas “Route of Acceptance,” Margarita,” “Out In the Dark,” “The Go Doc Project,” “Laurence Anyways” and “Soongava: Dance of the Orchids”; documentaries “Taking a Chance on God,” “I Am Gay and Muslim,” “Raid of the Rainbow Lounge,” “I Am Divine” and “The Rugby Player”; and shorts blocks. Details: www.outfilmct.org.

Digiplex Bloomfield, the Hartford area’s most eclectic movie theater, has a variety of alternative programs coming up, amid the lineup of mainstream movies and Bollywood musicals. On Friday, May 3, it opens a run of “Running America,” a documentary about two men who run from San Francisco to New York. On Tuesday, May 7, the Royal Ballet's “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” will be shown, as well as the Royal Ballet’s “Giselle” on May 19 and 21. “Rockshow: Wings over America” starring Paul McCartney comes on May 22 and June 13, and “Yannick Nezet-Seguin Conducts Mahler and Strauss” on June 6. “Simon Rattle Conducts Beethoven’s Pastoral” will be on June 12, “Paris National Opera: Don Quixote” on June 23 and 25. Details: www.digiplexdest.com.

New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St., will show “Georges Melies: First Wizard of Cinema,” a two-hour compilation of some films the cinema pioneer made between 1896 and 1901, on Thursday, June 27, at 1 and 4 p.m. Admission is free with museum admission. Details: www.nbmaa.org.